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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-09-26

The room was filling fast when in stepped a
pretty girl She had the elastic tread, the
clear skin, the bright eye, the blowing hair
that belong TO American young womanhood,
but nobody looked at her for these. Every
eye was bent on gown, on hat, on wrap The
rest of the assemblage were winter she was
spring. have no memory for the details Of
the costume. | only know that it was in
browns and grays with touch of red here
and there, a ribbon sash fluttering from the
skirt, bunch of posies nodding in the head
There was no tournure. The drapery fell in
simple and natural folds. A modest, unob-
trusive garb in every particular, quietly
worn. Every one gazed at the flowers and
became conscious that the season for feathers
was gone Every woman noted the tailor
jacket and felt sudden pang of disgust at
the weight of a belated sealskin A moment
before they were uneasy. They had been on
the verge Of transition. The young girl had
precipitated the crisis. 1t WIS upon them.
1t was past. They would not appear in pub
lie again till they were dressed as she.
Two women behind me were talking about
her; a walking lady" from So & Sos estab-
lishment, they called her. One met her at
the picture galleries, in the book stores, on
the promenade, wherever women congre-
gated, they said 1t was her business to rush
the season, spring and fall, and to introduce q
new material or a novel shape, by looking
pretty in it and drawing eyes wherever she
wore it. II am going TO ask her what she
calls that jacket and whether bustles are
really going out, wound up the holder of the
pair, as she left her companion and walked
up To the graceful young girl. A moment
later the two were in conversation, the walk
ing lady answering her inquisitor's questions
with apparent readiness and ease.
The walking lady is a unique advertise
ment am inclined to think she is a new
one She does not seem, at any rate to be
extensively employed as yet. Most of the
firms at which have inquired after her dis
own her acquaintance-Ehza Putnam Hea-
ton in New York Mail and Express.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-09-26

Mr. Chamberlain is to speak in Ulster
in October. and sail for America 10 No
vemhpr
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-09-26

by Ravens system. No pIevions knowledge OF
either art equired. Colleges en- all the year
Students can enter at any time, all tuition being
individual. Superior facilities for procuring sit
uations for which aid we make no charges COL
lege Pamphlets with full set sef-teaching lessons
in either art sent to any address for 10 cts bot
arts, 20 cts. No stamps accepted. Address
either Of Hsven's Colleges: New York. N. Y;
Philadelphia Pa; Chicago, H.; Cincinnati, o. I;
San Francisco, Cal.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-09-26

IMPROVES NUTRITION.
DR.. A. Trau, Philadelphia, SAYS: 1T
promotes digestion and improves general
nutrition of the nervous system"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-09-26

1t is said there are, 1853 widows in
Massachusetts
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-09-26

He ate green cucumbers:
They made him quite sick;
But he took few ''Pellets
That cured him right quick.
An easier physic
You never will find
Than cree . small Pellets IS
The purgative kind.
Small but precious Twenty-Five cents
per vial.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-09-26

An O'Neil, Neb., girl fell out of u sec
ond story window to the ground. and
landed uniniured on her rubber hustle.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-09-26
BERLIN's FAMOUS STREET.

Inter den Linden" Does Not Deserve
Its Reputation-Berlin's Big Crowd.
The Baedeker population of Berlin has
grown to colossal proportions this summer
The beautiful weather with which north
Germany has been favored of late seems to
have had an unusual attractive power upon
the travelling public Half the people one
meets upon the thorOughfares are busily EN-
gagged reading their red covered books One
look distinguishes them all when upon the
bouevard-providing they take time from
Baedeker for individual Impressions look
of disappointment at the Linden. Inter den
Linden is, | fancy, the most famous street in
the world, not excepting the prominent ones
of Paris or London, but it does not deserve
its reputation. The trees are scraggy, short
and uneven-here q live, there dead one,
| and over there one i'll the last stage of con
sumption. But" says the Berliner, "yon
| should have seen them years ago, before the
era of gas and electricity" Perhaps; but the
stunted dwarfs of today do little honor to the
| giants of yesterday; the street is broad, and
this is its only pleasing feature.
| On each side bordering the pavements, are
| the ashphalt roads for the vehicles; next
/ these, on either side, are two for horseback
/ riders, and between these is the famous alice,
| hanked by the Linden. This is the thorough
fare almost exclusively of the street urchins
| Dirty benches, distasteful in form and color,
are filled by the Berlin proletarat, who sun
themselves from morning till night The
houses are anything but palatiaI, with few
exceptions. The Linden" is not more than
a quarter of a mile long Carlyle, when
IF b.,
bordering the boulevard as too squatty. y
The same is true to day. The entire stretch
from the Priliwitz mansion to the emperor's
palace contains hardly building of preten-
tious architecture Most of them even
including the Russian embassy and the build
ings Of the departments of war and the in
terror, are such as might grace city of 100,
900 inhabitants, but not a metropolitan
capital The famous Restaurant I4snglet,
Berlins Delmouico, wouldn't compare with
half dozen in New York. The Academy of
Art, near the palace of the kaiser is a
smoked stone building whose one half is used
rs a soldiers barracks, and has little to in,il-
cate the high purpose which it serves.
As for the imperial residence bahindi the
| celebrated bronze statue of Frederick the
Great, / do not believe there is on Fifth
avenue a house 50 purely non ornamental.
Just at this time the place in front of the his
torical window is crowded daily at o'clock,
when his majesty, true to bis custom, shows
himself to his people. 1t is often impossible
to pass at that hour All the troops return
then, saluting their aged commander, and re
placing the regimental standards which are
always kept in the room near the emperor
where he loves to look at them. Nowhere
else in all Berlin is crowd allowed tf
garher.-BsFlin Cor New York Tribune
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-09-26
SHORTHAND AND TYPE-wRITING
SITUAT IONS
IN THREE MONTHS TIME

pay both young men and ladies much be tier sala
ries than most commercial positions and the de-
mand is greater. Students can be fitted for office
shorthand positions
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-09-26

p III
CABLE BRANCH.
T. NJ. A. A "
3:0I 7,5i.Ar-ROCk I<llnd-Lv.I 9:l0l Aga
J 81 10n. -..-..- REYNOLDS --...-.f 10 2hI 500
LOS 6-25 Iv-Cahle- i :flil 5-35
M a. VI. N P. Nj.
Small faced figures show arriving um- at fol
lowing points when passengers leave Rock Island
at .05 a. m. FULL FktFD when Leaving at 10
y. m. Arrive at Bloomington, rs NJ, 9:32 p.
m; Dsnville, 4ai p M, 1885 m. Springfield.
As p. m 4:l0 a. m; Alton. ~ p m. CHS II,
m. in Illinois indianapolis ~ T.. N. $50 m.
Terre Hautr. 10 90 p. m. 3:35 III: NaH-ville
90 Il. NJ, T:35 Il. m in Iu@ana. Ciucinn Il II :35
p. m 7:45 IA. n Springfield, ] n II. IN S:i5 a.
m, Columbus ! 10 >, m. Ills g. m IA ohio;
II ouis. No : 81 p m. ID a. III. louisville,
XIV, 7.25 a m : Nashville. Tenn 20 g.
500 y. IN. Connection from the above points
aIe dsrrct and unequaled. Through = cping ami
rccl,ningchair run between Peoria aud Co
lumhu-.
n r SUDlOW, r. Sf0CkHHTSE,
Superintendent tieul TIL. Agt
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-09-26
BUSINESS CARDS.


A rT02NEY AT LAW. Once in Rock Islam
u National Bank Building, Rock Island, ID.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-09-26

RQrE island 4 PgQRIA
t<AII.W A Y.
TO TIP
EAST AND SOUTHEAST.

Accommodation trains leave Rock Island go
m. and 81 p M, arrive ats:05 q N. and ,
p. m.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-09-26
GRANTS LOVE FoR HORSES.

President Grants love for horses has become
proverbial He had been noted as horsenan
long before he came to the White House, and
at the time that he was elected he bad n stock
farm near st. Louis, where, it is said, he
Kept more than 100 horses He drove the best
OF horses while he was president, and histsr
vorites occupied a large space in the news
paper literature of the time
Grant visited his stables daily while he was
president, and it was during his administra-
ton that the present stables of the White
House were built. They consist Of low
brick structure in the form of the head of a T,
the two ears of which are used as carriage
houses, and the head of which forms the stable
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-03-26

DIR, 2. L. SAVERS, a prominent
Washington physician, in speaking Of
Mr.. Cleveland's health, says j; "The
President is a man who works with
his head great deal is, in fact, an
intense brain-worker. lie is, in other
words, plodder, and his brain is con.
sequently filed with an excess Of blood.
What is the result9 He works with
bis head, eats enormously, and fails to
exercise his muscles his blood vessels
are weakened, and it is only a question
Of time before, IN a moment Of excite
ment, he bursts blood vessel. j tell
you, at the rate President Cleveland is
now living, there is great danger that
he will not live throughout his term.
Something should be done to bring
him to realize his danger and take
proper steps TO prevent the result
which will surely ensue if he fails to
AXE proper exercise
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-03-26
Could Anything be More
Liberal?

IF Calcasieu parish is not settled up
with a thrifty class of good and hon
est people it will not be for the want
of inducements held out or the fault
of that enterprising and go-ahead
citizen J. b. Watkins, who beyond
dispute has done, and is continuing to
do, more than any other man in the
parish 10 build it up and develop its
vast resources by the liberal expend-
iture of money, which shows concIu-
sively that Mr.. Watkins is a man with
long head on his shoulders and has
implicit confidence in the future of
the city of Lake Charles and the
parish of Calcasieu, as the follow
ing liberal offer made by him to indus
trious farmers will show:
To the ten first acceptable appli-
cants that meet our conditions, we
make the following offer He may
select 160 or 800 acres of the
south half of any section OF land
owned by this company, not less than
two nor more than five miles from a
railroad station, we will designate, at
5000 per acre, and eleven years time
in which 10 pay for the land.
As soon as he has settled upon aud
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-03-26

We are in receipt Of the following
letter from ID. II. Bates, Il wealthy
citizen of Carmau, Mimi, which speaks
for itself and shows that the people of
the colder States are looking South
ward for homes, and that CaIcasieu
parish, with her many advantages, is
attracting widespread attention, aud
seems TO be the favored spot Of South
west Louisiana with our Northern
brethren
Editor Lake Charles Echo.
DEAR SIR--I enclose $l.O0, stamps,
for which please forward to above ad-
dress your paper for six months. ]
visited your parish in January, was
very favorably impressed with South
western Louisiana - especially your
parish 7; am only sorry j could not re-
man longer, but feel consoIed with
the hope that some time IN the near
future j will be a citizen of Calcasieu
parish. AS ] feel deep interest in
the proceedings of the Interstate Con-
ventiou, will you be kind enough to
commence my subscription with No 80.
Very truly yours,
S. ii. BATES.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-03-26


Considerable dissatisfaction is being
manifested by many Of our citizens in
regard to the manner 10 which the con.
tract for clearing out and grading GER
tain streets in our city was let out by
the Council, at its last meeting. The
claim is made that the work should
have been advertised and open to
competition, and the work given to
the lowest bidder. We think that
this would have been the better plan,
and possibly it would have resulted in
having the work done cheaper, and
certainly it would have been more
satisfactory TO the taxpayers Of the
city.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-03-26

THE report of the statisticisn of the
Agricultural Bureau at Washington
shows the crop prospects in Louisiana
to be very fattering, Sugar is fully
two months ahead of last year; and
corn, oats and rice are correspond
iDgly forward.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-03-26
DaRryIne sn soutaswesa Klouas-
Rnnrn.

/
Mr.. ]. T. simonds, Of Fayetteville
Ark, in a letter Of recent date, which
we find ID The Times Democrat Of The
91st inst, to Hon. W. H. Harris.
Lpnisiana's State Commissioner Of I'm.
migration, makes the following per.
tincut reference to dairying IN South
west Louisiana, and desires 10 com.
munieate with parties interested in
such movement. As there is no sec
ton of Southwest Louisiana more suit
ably located and with all necessary
advantages for such an enterprise than
right here in Lake Charles, we hope
some of our enterprising citizens viii
take the matter under consideration
and communicate with MFR. Simonds,
with view Of inducing him to use
bis influence in favor of our city in
the mooted dairy movement:
s" have become satisfied as 10 the
adaptation of the prairie region of
Southwest louisiana to dairy inter
ests generally, but more especially to
milk and butter, the cheese business
being more successful-for certain rea-
sons--iu regions Of greater altitude
i am a practical dairyman of many
years experience, having built and
conducted successfully the first cheese
and butter factory west of the Missis-
sippi river, in Hordin county, la.
am inclined TO believe that the profits
of a milk and butter dairy upon the
prairie regions of Louisiana must be
much greater than in the North. /
will thank you to put me in commu-
nication with some party likely to be
interested IN the establishment of a
dairy for either milk or butter pur-
poses or both. ] think ] can make II
for the interest of some party to en-
gage in the business.
Respectfully, j. F. SmoEDs."
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-03-26

TAG Baptist Record, of jackson
Miss, and the Southern Baptist, Of
Meridian, Miss, have been consol
idated. The Southern Baptist is
merged into the Baptist Record, and
win be Published At Meridian, by a
joint stock company. to be known as
the Baptist Union Publishing Com
pany, beginning about the LIST Of April.
The name Of the paper will be the
Bqptist Record, and DR.. j. B. Gamb7cl
viii Be the editor ID chief.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-03-26

Ar meeting held at Jeanerette on
the 2lst inst. of the stockholders of
the Jeanerette, Abbeville and Western
Railroad, a permanent organization
was effected by the adoption Of the
charter and the election Of the follow
ing named gentlemen as q Board of
Directors: VIM. Cade and ]. P.Gue-
dan, Of VermilioD parish; g. w. Whit
worth, S. r. Gay, +. w. Moore, w.
II. Willis, B Milmo and +. M. WEIGH,
Jeaneretle, and AZ. B. Hillyard, Of
New Orleans. This meeting put the
railroad on the path Of development,
and Al probabilities point 10 its com
Fletiep,te Abbaxille BY nest October.
The country i very fertile. Grades
arc saTg aaeg ard foreign capital L
begging for an opportunity to build
The road, and i Is pramised that the
road will be completed 70 AbbesiIle by
October 1st.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-03-26

Farm work in this parish at present
is more advanced than it ha, been in
years. Most all our farmers have
their corn up and growing, and many
are preparing to plant cotton. Diver
sitied crops seems to be the order for
the present season, and more corn and
less cotton the motto. BY this means
the fafmer will avoid running ip debt
for supplies, aud will find out that ii
is cheaper to raise his own ''hog and
hominy" than to have TO buy that
which comes from the West, as every
dollar spent in the West for that
which our people can raise at home
just makes the farmer aud the coun-
try that much more dependent.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-03-26

ABAToE RoUoE special of the Esd
inst, says Gen. Will A. Strong is IN
that city for the purpose Of standing
his trial on the charge Of cmbezzlipg
State fnnds--election ticket money
while Secretary Of State. His case
has been assigned for trial on Friday,
the eth Of April next.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-03-26

The Texas Legislature has had a
San Antonio newspaper man impris-
oned for ten days for contempt. The
reporter stated that the members Of
that august body were both ungodly
and unclean.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-03-26

Drs. Starkey and Palens' advertise
ment of Compound Oxygen IN this
issue of this paper should be read by
all of our readers. The cures which
this treatment Is effectiug are almost
miraculous. In the few years since
its discovery they have treated in all
parts Of the world upwards Of fifty
thousand patients. Thousands of these
have given testimonials that they ere
cured, and large proportion of the
others report great benefit from its
use. Their offer to send two hundred
page book free, giving history Of the
treatment, with a large number of
testimonials, is a liberal one. Read
the advertisement and send for the
book now
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-03-26

AFTER heavy rain storm at Prince
ton, Ind, on the 18th inst, the earth
was found 10 be covered to the depth
Of an inch with yellow substance,
which on being analysed proved to be
sulphur.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-03-26

BEN SPANDAuER, who swore away
the life of Mrs. Snrratt, has been ar
rested in Baltimore for perjury and
other crimes. All The persons who
were Instrumental in the murder of
that innocent and unfortunate woman
have come to grief.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-03-26

ar 10 stated that Louisiana, Missis
sippi, Arkansas, Missouri and TenneS
see have expended s64,s76,ooo fol
leyeling low lands on the Mississippi,
amounting to 28,762, 900 acres, with a
population Of l,o25,728, that produces
annually agricultural products amount
ing in value to &7s,725,0o0.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-03-26

Coz. II. M. MARTIN, Of Athens,
Texas, was nominated last Monday to
fill the unexpired term of John II
Reagan as Congressman for the Second
Texas District, Mr.. Reagan having
been elected u. S. Senator.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-03-26

ATTORNEY GENERAL GARLAND is of
the opinion that the wheels Of Justice
In the United States Courts will be
clogged on account Of the failure of
the two deIieiency approximation bills.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-03-26

LOUISIANA per cent honda are
quoted in the New York market at
Oh cents. They are gradually crawl
ing up and in the conrse of ninety
days will, no doubt, be at par. So
much for having State government
with sound financial policy.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-03-26

THE Christian Woman's Association
of New Orleans received last Saturday
two cash donations ammountipg to
100000. One from Mrs. Chas. It,
Howard Of $4,000, aud the other
from Mrs, Chas. A. Whitney of $lo,-
600. Mrs. Howard Is the widow of
Chas. 7. Howard, the founder of the
Louisiana Lottery Company, and Mrs.
Whitney is the widow of the late
Chas. A Whitney, for years manager of
Morgan's Louisiana Railroad and
Steamship Company. Both these la
dies are very wealthy and most CHAIR.
table, and this is not their first bequest
to charitable institutions.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-03-26

There will be a meeting of citizens
this Saturday. evening, March 20, at
6 o'clock, at the residence Of Mr.. III.
D. Nix, for the purpose of deNsiug
means for the erection Of a public
school building on lot of ground
donated for the purpose by our ven
cradle and charitable fellow-eitzep,
Mr. Nix. All those interested 10 the
cause Of education are respectfully
invited to be present. This IS a COM,
mendable move pn the part Of the
residents Of that portion Of our town,
and the EoHo wishes them success ia
their good work
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-03-26

MINISTER MAEEIxo is reported as
seriously Ill at Puebla, Mexico, to
which place be had gone from the city
Of Mexico for the improvement Of his
health.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-03-26

=
kanaipFff CLEvaLANp has appoint
cd ihe following named gentlemen a.
: BpsFd Of Railroad Commissioners
under NE hibernate Commesce law,
whiclI was passed by The last Con.
esess; Thomas n. Cooley, Of Mieli.
gaF. fer TIE term IF six years; Vim.
r Morrison, Of Illinois. Tor the torn
ef Eve years Augustine scl,eonmaker,
y Nee York, for tho term 81 four
years Aldace ;. Walker 81 Tstaients
fer 'lls feam q thFae years Walter
Bsagg. p Alabana NJ TIE term u
Nwo years
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-03-26

To the Public.

T HAVE the honor to inform my friends
j and the public in general, that ] have
severed my connection with the firm of Leon
Viterbo, and that have opened Q new Shoe
Shop for my own account, where j am pre-
pared to receive orders. Nothing but first
class Boots and Shoes will be turned out.
Satisfaction guaranteed Also, repairing
neatly and promptly attended to- shop
RT EpOsFO fHice Building.
mr-2B-'S7. c. JOHN GEORGIA.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-03-26

The negroes 10 The South are im
proving ID matters Of education, 10
cFeasing ID wealth and growing il
grace. According y published sta
tissics there ore 100000 pnpils ID
their schools 10000 being ii Tie
high pcbpols. There arc 80 normal
schools, 20 colleges and uuiTersities
and Archaeological seminaFies. The ne
gfoes pay faxes On $3.50, 600 900 worth
# property. There are s,0D0, 600 wor-
SLIPPERS i the churches.
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-03-26

In speaking of the late Interstate
Convention held at Lake Charles, the
Ru ston Caligraph, says: "The Inter
state Convention held at Lake Charles
last week is said to have been one of
the most pleasant conventions ever be-
fore held in the South. There were
representatives present from all sec
tions Of the country, and such flow
of good feeling between the people of
the different sections was never before
known this far South. The visit was
put to profitable advantage by the del
egates from the North, East and West,
many of whom went on a tour of in
vestlgation through the southwestern
portion of the State with a view to
locating homes for themselves and
others. That South Louisiana will be
greatly benefited by the result Of the
convention there is no doubt"
The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-03-26

"A SLIGHT freeze is reported from
Ascension parish on the morning of
the 2lst inst.